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December 26: National Candy Cane Day: --
While this doesn't mean today'll keep you from munching on these
sugary sticks as early as Thanksgiving, today does give us a
chance to indulge as much as we can before New Year's! With
beginnings in 17th-century Germany, these sweet treats were curved
to represent the shepherds' crooks. They later made their way to
the states in the mid-19th century. Now we see them everywhere,
even on trees! Today is a day for getting hooked by this minty
confectionery, sample different flavors or use them to enhance
other sweet treats like hot chocolate and cookies. A lot of things
have their own day dedicated to them; one you may not have known
about is the candy cane. Yes, this veritable symbol of tasty
festivity has a dedicated day, so if you ever needed an excuse to
stockpile them or indulge, now that you have one. The festive
period gives us the perfect opportunity to indulge in all of our
favorite treats, but make sure you leave some room in your stomach
for a few candy canes. Today, we see them on Christmas trees
throughout the festive period, with a lot of people also giving
candy canes as gifts too. So let the deliciousness begin! Candy
canes are so ubiquitous during the holiday season that they are
practically considered part of Christmas itself. However, very few
people know when, where or how candy canes came into existence,
though it is a very interesting story. According to German
folklore, the first candy canes were made in the 17th century when
a choirmaster in Cologne, Germany, needed to find a way to keep
the children quiet during the exceptionally long Christmas Eve
Mass. So he ordered peppermint-flavored candy sticks from a local
confectioner, but with a few twists of his own, steeping them in
religious symbolism. Firstly, he requested the sticks to be on the
shape we know them so they could be a visual representation of
sorts of the canes that the shepherds coming to visit the baby
Jesus might have had. Some also say that when turned upside-down,
the candy cane becomes the letter J, which stands for Jesus.
Furthermore, the choirmaster asked for the sticks to be white (to
represent the sinless, pure life Jesus lived) and red (to
represent the blood Jesus lost when he was crucified for the sins
of mankind). Of course, there is no solid evidence for this, and
modern candy cane historians, or whoever looked into it, have
disputed the ideas presented here. Luckily, however, you can enjoy
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December 26: Boxing Day (British Empire)
(Day Of Goodwill [South Africa]): -- It started as a day for
Britain's upper classes to give gifts to their household staff who
worked so hard both on the prior day's Christmas Day as well as
the rest of the year -- but from there, it has morphed into a sort
of shopping holiday of its own. In fact, its one of the most
popular days to return Christmas gifts to the stores. When
Christmas Day is over, the celebration continues on Boxing Day on
December 26. The name was first used in 1833, but the exact origin
has never been determined. Theories behind 'Boxing' Day include
references to Christmas gifts, charity drives, or a nautical
tradition. The day after Christmas, Boxing Day is celebrated in
the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. In South
Africa, it is celebrated as The Day Of Goodwill, a public holiday.
But let's clear up something first -- Boxing Day is not about
pummeling opponents. This unique holiday has its roots in
gift-giving on one hand and classism on the other. Here's what we
know about Boxing Day's origins. The entire British class system
worked to make Christmas Day a big deal for wealthy elites. They
splurged on Christmas dinners of geese, turkey, and other fowl
cooked by kitchen staff. Household servants worked hard making all
the holiday preparations during the years well before the
conveniences and technological advances of the Industrial
Revolution. Messenger boys regularly ran errands and postmen
delivered mail and packages year-round. Boxing Day, on December
26, gave the wealthy a chance to repay their servants and
tradespeople with paid time off and small gift boxes filled with
trinkets or coins as a show of appreciation for their service
during the holidays and throughout the year. Servants and
tradespeople also prepared gift boxes for their own families, too.
Some historians attribute Boxing Day to the small boxes of alms
placed near the church doors requesting donations to help the poor
during Advent. On the day after Christmas, members of the church
clergy would distribute the donations to needy citizens throughout
the community. December 26 was chosen for these charitable acts
because the day was dedicated to St. Stephen, a patron saint known
for good works and his status as the first Christian martyr.
Ironically, during modern times, Boxing Day is synonymous with
holiday shopping, good times, and sports. Rather than boxing,
soccer and cricket matches are the sports of choice that bring
everyone together for more holiday fun. In the UK, sports are
often played on Boxing Day, especially football matches and horse
racing. There is a cricket test match on Boxing Day each year in
Australia, where they play against another country. Fox hunts were
also a big part of Boxing Day traditions, but in 2004, the
activity was banned in the UK. Hunters still gather, dressed in
their finest coats, but now follow designated artificial trails.
Traditionally, the holiday was celebrated by giving to the needy
and less fortunate, but over time, Boxing Day has evolved and been
commodified in several different ways. Boxing Day is also now a
time of year when big sales are offered by shops traditionally
after Christmas in the UK - similar to Black Friday in the USA.
Sales and revenue are so heavy now in countries that celebrate
Boxing Day that now some retailers advertise 'Boxing Week.' These
worldwide sales feature deals and discounts lasting until the end
of the month. In South Africa. A public holiday throughout the
country, Boxing Day is known as Day Of Goodwill, and has developed
a meaning all its own. It is a day when the lingering spirit of
Christmas continues, as South Africans bask in the sunshine, enjoy
a day at the beach, savor long lunches, and just spend some
leisure time outdoors with friends and family. The holiday also
gives citizens a chance to give back to society through volunteer
work and charity affairs that are organized. On the Day of
Goodwill, South Africans recover from the Christmas festivities
and treat themselves to a day of fun, food, and sunshine. The day
was originally celebrated as Boxing Day, but in 1994 the name of
the holiday was changed to Day Of Goodwill as a sign of severance
from the region's colonial past. Boxing Day is essentially a
British holiday during which 'boxes' of gifts or money are donated
to the needy a day after Christmas. Despite the name change, the
traditions of the holiday more or less remain the same in South
Africa. It is also a public holiday so people can relax and unwind
on their day off. The weather is warm and pleasant as it is summer
during this time of the year in South Africa so, naturally, more
unconventional Christmas activities are common, like heading to
the beach. In 1652, the first Dutchmen stepped onto South African
soil. Before long, the region became a Dutch colony. This
continued until 1795 when the British took over rule of South
Africa. The Dutch reigned once again in 1803, after which the
British again took control 3 years later. This conflict continued
back and forth between the British and the Dutch for many years.
Finally, the British granted South Africa partial independence,
with the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. South
Africa's exit from the Commonwealth and declaring itself a
Republic in 1961 marked the beginning of the end of colonial rule.
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26: National Thank You Note Day:
-- Think thank you notes don't exist these days? Think again! Put
your phone down, dust off your stationary, and get to writing.
It's a day set aside to express gratitude through handwritten
notes to friends, family, and anyone who has made a difference in
your life over the past year. This tradition taps into the simple
yet powerful act of saying "thank you" more personally
and meaningfully. 'Thank you' notes are tiny superheroes of the
communication world. They say, "You matter," in a world
that often rushes by. Writing them down adds a playful wink, a
personal touch that whispers, "You're worth the ink."
It's a practice of mindfulness, a celebration of kindness, and
frankly, just a splendid way to sprinkle a little joy around. This
day is a gentle reminder of the importance of gratitude,
especially in our fast-paced, digital world. Writing a thank you
note is a heartfelt gesture that shows you genuinely appreciate
the kindness, support, or gift you've received. These notes make
the recipients feel special and appreciated, which, in turn,
strengthens the bonds between people. Whether it's thanking
someone for a Christmas gift, an act of kindness, or simply being
a great friend, this day emphasizes the value of personal
connections and expressing gratitude in a tangible form. The
history of National Thank You Note Day is fascinating and spans
several centuries, highlighting the value of written notes. While
the exact origins of this specific day are not well-documented,
the tradition of sending thank-you notes has deep roots, dating
back to ancient civilizations. The practice of expressing thanks
through handwritten notes became particularly popular in the
United States after etiquette expert Emily Post emphasized its
importance in her book on manners. Despite the digital revolution
transforming how we communicate, the tradition of sending physical
thank-you notes continues to hold a special place in people's
hearts. The celebration of National Thank You Note Day serves as a
reminder of the sweetness and significance of personal gratitude.
It offers an opportunity to reflect on the kindness of others and
to express our appreciation in a thoughtful and personal manner.
The day encourages us to take a moment from our fast-paced,
digital lives to pen down heartfelt messages to those who have
made a difference in our lives. In a broader sense, National Thank
You Note Day upholds a tradition that boosts our well-being by
encouraging us to focus on gratitude, thereby improving our mood
and mental health. This practice, despite its simplicity, can
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December 26: St. Stephen's Day: -- As the
name suggests, the day is dedicated to the Christian Saint
Stephen. This day commemorates the saint who was the first
Christian martyr and was known for his service to the poor and
needy. In Ireland, this day is sometimes called 'Day of the Wren,'
which got its name from an old tradition involving using a wren's
feathers for good luck. St. Stephen's Day stems from the Catholic
tradition, and some Christians may even go to the church for a
special sermon on this day. St. Stephen is known to be the first
Christian martyr. It's believed he was stoned in Jerusalem around
33 A.D. According to an Irish myth, it was a wren that betrayed
St. Stephen while he was hiding from his enemies. This led to his
eventual demise. There is another Irish legend that talks about
the wren's betrayal. Around the year 750 A.D., there were Viking
raids in Ireland that happened on St. Stephen's Day. In an attempt
to get rid of the invaders, Irish soldiers headed towards a Viking
camp. However, the Viking soldiers became aware of their approach
due to the noise of a wren that had started eating crumbs from a
drum. This story also led people to believe that it was the wren
that betrayed the Irish people and it should be stoned to death as
St. Stephen had once been. On this day, boys used to traditionally
go on hunting trips to hunt down a wren by throwing stones at it.
They tied the wren to a stick when it was dead and showed it off
around the whole village. The children did this to collect money
for a dance or party for the whole village. By 1900, this
tradition of killing wrens and parading them on St. Stephen's Day
had died out. However, St. Stephen's Day is still referred to as
the Day of the Wren, especially in rural Ireland. Due to its
Catholic roots, St. Stephen's Day has been a holiday in Ireland
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December 26, 1966: Kwanzaa (Heri Za
Kwanzaa) -- The first day of Kwanzaa, celebrated until January 1
in the United States and other nations of the African diaspora in
the Americas to honor African heritage in African American
culture. Kwanzaa celebrates traditional African harvest festivals,
focusing on family unity, with a community harvest feast on the
seventh day. Kwanzaa means "first fruit" in Swahili,
considered a pan-African language, the most widely spoken language
in Africa. Kwanzaa is a week-long holiday observed from December
26 to January 1, a cultural holiday that celebrates family and
community with food, music and dance, culminating in a day of
gift-giving and a feast dedicated to reflection and recommitment
to the seven principles (Swahili: Nguzo Saba, "Seven
Pillars"): "1) Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to
maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race; 2)
Kujichagulia (Self-determination): To define and name ourselves,
as well as to create and speak for ourselves; 3) Ujima (Collective
work and responsibility): To build and maintain our community
together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems
and to solve them together; 4) Ujamaa (Cooperative economics): To
build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and
to profit from them together; 5) Nia (Purpose): To make our
collective vocation the building and developing of our community
in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness; 6)
Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we
can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial
than we inherited it; and 7) Imani (Faith): To believe with all
our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders,
and the righteousness and victory of our struggle." The first
Kwanzaa was established and celebrated by professor and chairman
of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach, Dr.
Maulana Karenga. He created Kwanzaa in 1966 in the midst of the
Black Freedom Movement, reflecting concerns for cultural grounding
in thought and practice. After the Watts riots in L.A., Dr.
Karenga looked for ways to strengthen the African-American
community. He founded the US Organization, a cultural
organization, and started to research African "first fruit"
(harvest) celebrations. Karenga combined aspects of several
different harvest celebrations, such as those of the Ashanti and
those of the Zulu, to form the basis of Kwanzaa. The first-fruits
celebrations are recorded in African history as far back as
ancient Egypt and Nubia and appear in ancient and modern times in
other classical African civilizations such as Ashantiland and
Yorubaland. Kwanzaa developed as a flourishing branch of the
African American life and struggle as a recreated and expanded
ancient tradition. It draws from the cultures of various African
people and is celebrated by millions of Africans and African
Americans throughout the nation. Each family celebrates Kwanzaa in
their own way, but celebrations often include song and dance,
African drums, storytelling, poetry readings, and a large
traditional meal. On each of the seven nights, the family gathers
and a child lights one of the candles on the kinara, then one of
the seven principles, called Nguzo Saba, is discussed. These
principles are values of African culture which contribute to
building and reinforcing community among African Americans. On
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26: National Homeowners Day: --
Believed to be the ideal day to put an offer on a house in order
to have optimal savings. Founded by Paisley Vartanian in 2020,
this day is important in the present-day landscape where property
prices are at an all-time high and housing crises keep occurring
in different markets. This encourages prospective homeowners to
buy homes and help support the economy. Being a homeowner is a big
milestone for many people, and they also see it as a secure
investment for their future. During the 1800s, most people could
not own a house. There was no system of getting a mortgage from a
bank, and only the very rich were able to own homes. People either
weren't able to afford it or banks didn't lend money to the
average person. Mortgages were only introduced when the U.S.
banking system was stabilized after the National Banking Acts were
established in the 1860s. Thanks to these acts, banks also started
lending money to more people and by the 1890s, mortgages had
become popular throughout the U.S. Unlike the mortgages that we
know today, these required a 50% down payment and could only be
paid through monthly interests that the loan generated. When the
Great Depression occurred in 1929, banks no longer had any money
to lend. It was a major economic crisis and the whole country
suffered. The homeowners who had taken loans out also didn't have
any money to pay for monthly installments, and hence, they
defaulted. Many homes also went into foreclosure. Nothing stays
the same forever and once this period passed, banks stabilized
once again and the housing market boomed. By the 1950s, over 50%
of Americans were homeowners for the first time in history. Buying
homes had become very common by then, and there were real-estate
brokers to assist potential customers with their home-buying
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December 26, 1682: #BOTD: Calico Jack,
English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and Cuba during
the early 18th century era of The Golden Age Of Piracy
(1650s-1730s) whose nickname was derived from the calico clothing
he wore from the booty of his piracy, credited for popularizing
and possibly creating The Jolly Roger Flag, most remembered for
having two female crew members and lovers: Anne Bonny, his primary
lover, and Mary Read, both of whom he impregnated (enabling them
to "plead the belly" during their trial, a process in
English common law which permitted a woman in the later stages of
pregnancy to receive a reprieve of her death sentence until after
she bore her child) (d. November 18, 1720) is #born John Rackham
in Bristol, England on what would eventually become known as
Boxing Day; little is known of his upbringing or early life.
Rackham deposed Charles Vane from his position as captain of the
sloop Ranger, then cruised the Leeward Islands, Jamaica Channel
and Windward Passage. He accepted the King's Pardon in 1719 and
moved to New Providence, where he met Anne Bonny, who was married
to James Bonny at the time. He returned to piracy in 1720 by
stealing a British sloop and Anne joined him. Their new crew
included Mary Read, who was disguised as a man at the time. After
a short run, Rackham was captured by Jonathan Barnet, an English
privateer, in 1720, put on trial by Sir Nicholas Lawes, Governor
of Jamaica, and hanged. Publications after his death contributed
greatly to the rise of his fame, and the eventual rise of the
movement that romanticized pirate life enabled the myth of Calico
Jack to grow. Perhaps the most lasting impact that Calico Jack had
on the modern image of pirates is his Jolly Rogers flag. While the
majority of pirate crews used designs that had a depiction of full
human skeletons using some weapon, Calico Jack promoted an iconic
pirate flag design that today represents a synonym for a naval
piracy - black flag with white human skull and two white crossed
swords beneath it. Calico Jack died by execution when he is hanged
along with his crew at Port Royal, Kingston Harbour, having been
tried and convicted of piracy by Sir Nicholas Lawes, Governor of
Jamaica. His body was then gibbeted on display on the smallest of
The Port Royal Cays, a small group of uninhabited islands known as
cays (cayes, keys) off Port Royal, Jamaica, a cay now known as
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December 26, 1791: #BOTD: #HBD! Charles
Babbage, English polymath, mathematician, philospher, inventor and
mechanical engineer, inventor of the mechanical computer,
originator of the concept of a digital programmable computer,
widely considered the father of the computer (d. October 18, 1871)
is #born; his birthplace is disputed, but according to the Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, he was most likely born at 44
Crosby Row, Walworth Road, London, England. A blue plaque on the
junction of Larcom Street and Walworth Road commemorates the
event. Babbage is credited with inventing the Difference Engine,
the first mechanical computer, that eventually led to more complex
electronic designs, though all the essential ideas of modern
computers are to be found in Babbage's Analytical Engine,
programmed using a principle openly borrowed from the Jacquard
loom. Babbage had a broad range of interests in addition to his
work on computers covered in his book Economy of Manufactures and
Machinery. His varied work in other fields has made him preeminent
among the many polymaths of his century. Babbage, who died before
the complete successful engineering of many of his designs,
including his Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, remained a
prominent figure in the ideating of computing. Parts of Babbage's
incomplete mechanisms are on display in the Science Museum in
London. In 1991, a functioning difference engine was constructed
from Babbage's original plans. Built to tolerances achievable in
the 19th century, the success of the finished engine indicated
that Babbage's machine would have worked. Charles Babbage died at
1 Dorset Street, Marylebone, where he lived and worked for over 40
years, at the age of 79 of renal inadequacy, secondary to
cystitis. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in The Royal
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December 26, 1887: #BOTD: #HBD! Arthur
Percival, English general who saw service in the First World War
and built a successful military career during the interwar period,
most noted for his defeat during World War II as commander of
British Commonwealth forces during the Japanese Malayan Campaign
and the subsequent Battle Of Singapore (d. January 31, 1966) is
#born Arthur Ernest Percival in Aspenden Lodge, Aspenden near
Buntingford in Hertfordshire, England, the second son of Alfred
Reginald and Edith Percival (nee Miller). His father was the Land
Agent of the Hamel's Park estate and his mother came from a
Lancashire cotton family. Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest
Percival, CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, MC, OStJ, DL was loathe to
surrender to the invading Imperial Japanese Army force, the
largest surrender in British military history, as he knew it would
undermine Britain's prestige as an imperial power in East Asia.
British prime minister Winston Churchill called the British defeat
the "worst disaster" in British military history.
Percival's defenders have argued correctly that the under-funding
of Malaya's defences, the hoarding of British military allocations
for use in the European theatre of the war, and the inexperienced,
under-equipped nature of the Commonwealth army in Singapore were
the manifest reasons for the defeat, not Percival's leadership.
Arthur Percival died at the age of 78 in King Edward VII's
Hospital For Officers, Beaumont Street in Westminster, England and
is buried in the churchyard at Widford in Hertfordshire, England.
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December 26, 1891: #BOTD: #HBD! Henry Miller, American novelist, essayist, painter and Rosicrucian, known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism (d. June 7, 1980) is #born Henry Valentine Miller at his family's home, 450 East 85th Street, in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, New York City. He was the son of Lutheran German parents, Louise Marie (Neiting) and tailor Heinrich Miller. His most characteristic works are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn and The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, which are based on his experiences in New York and Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors. One of books the books directly from Miller's personal library is "The Rosicrucian cosmo-conception, or, Mystic Christianity : an elementary treatise upon man's past evolution, present constitution and future development by Max Heindel (1911)". Meant as study guide for the Rosicrucian Fellowship which Heindel founded in 1909, one particular used copy made its way from Cambridge, U.K. and into the hands of Henry Miller in Paris, who was entering a phase of mystic enlightenment. On March 5, 1939, Henry wrote an inscription inside the covers: "Sacred property of Henry Miller ... who has just discovered that he has been a Rosicrucian all his life ... Paris 3/5/39." Henry Miller died of circulatory complications at his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California at the age of 88. His body was cremated and his ashes shared between his son Tony and daughter Val. Tony has stated that he ultimately intends to have his ashes mixed with those of his father and scattered in Big Sur. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/anais-nin-observed-19741974.html
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December 26, 1893: #BOTD: Mao Zedong,
often anglicized as Mao Tse Tung, commonly known as Chairman Mao,
Chinese librarian, teacher and communist revolutionary, considered
the "founding father" of the People's Republic Of China,
which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China
from its establishment in 1949 until his death (d. September 9,
1976) is #born in Shaoshan village, Hunan Province, China. His
theories, military strategies, and political policies are
collectively known as Maoism. Mao was the son of a wealthy farmer
in Shaoshan, Hunan. He had a Chinese nationalist and
anti-imperialist outlook early in his life, and was particularly
influenced by the events of the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 and May
Fourth Movement of 1919. He later adopted Marxism-Leninism while
working at Peking University, and became a founding member of the
Communist Party of China (CPC), leading the Autumn Harvest
Uprising, an insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, which
established the short-lived Hunan Soviet state. During the Chinese
Civil War between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the CPC, Mao helped to
found the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, led the Jiangxi
Soviet's radical land policies, and ultimately became head of the
CPC during the Long March. Although the CPC temporarily allied
with the KMT under the United Front during the Second
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), China's civil war resumed after
Japan's surrender and in 1949 Mao's forces defeated the
Nationalist government, which withdrew to Taiwan. On October 1,
1949, Mao proclaimed the foundation of the People's Republic Of
China (PRC), a single-party state controlled by the CPC. In the
following years he solidified his control through land reforms and
through a psychological victory in the Korean War, as well as
through campaigns against landlords, people he termed
"counter-revolutionaries", and other perceived enemies
of the state. In 1957 he launched a campaign known as the Great
Leap Forward that aimed to rapidly transform China's economy from
agrarian to industrial. This campaign led to the deadliest famine
in history and the deaths of an estimated minimum of 45 million
people between 1958 and 1962. In 1966, Mao initiated the Cultural
Revolution, a program to remove "counter-revolutionary"
elements in Chinese society that lasted 10 years and was marked by
violent class struggle, widespread destruction of cultural
artifacts, and an unprecedented elevation of Mao's personality
cult. It is now officially regarded as a "severe setback"
for the PRC. In 1972, Mao welcomed American President Richard
Nixon in Beijing, signalling the start of a policy of opening
China to the world. After years of ill health, he suffered a
series of heart attacks in 1976 and died of the effects of a heart
attack in Beijing on September 9, 1976 at the age of 82. He is
buried at The Mao Zedong Mausoleum in Beijing. He was succeeded as
paramount leader by Premier Hua Guofeng, who was quickly sidelined
and replaced by Deng Xiaoping. A controversial figure, Mao is
regarded as one of the most important and influential individuals
in modern world history. He is also known as a political
intellect, theorist, military strategist, poet, and visionary.
Supporters credit him with driving imperialism out of China,
modernising the nation and building it into a world power,
promoting the status of women, improving education and health
care, as well as increasing life expectancy as China's population
grew from around 550 million to over 900 million under his
leadership. Conversely, his regime has been called autocratic and
totalitarian, and condemned for bringing about mass repression and
destroying religious and cultural artifacts and sites. It was
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1898: Great Discoveries:
Great Discoveries Of Chemistry: Great Discoveries Of Physics:
Nuclear Chemistry: Nuclear Physics: Marie Curie: New Elements: --
Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium, a
chemical element with the symbol Ra and atomic number 88. In 1903
they shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with physicist Henri
Becquerel for their pioneering work developing the theory of
"radioactivity" (a term Marie Curie coined).Using
techniques she invented for isolating radioactive isotopes, she
won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of
radium,as well as the discovery of polonium. Radium, in the form
of radium chloride, was discovered by the Curies in 1898 from ore
mined at Jachymov. They extracted the radium compound from
uraninite and published the discovery at the French Academy of
Sciences five days later. Radium is the sixth element in group 2
of the periodic table, also known as the alkaline earth metals.
Pure radium is silvery-white, but it readily reacts with nitrogen
(rather than oxygen) on exposure to air, forming a black surface
layer of radium nitride (Ra3N2). All isotopes of radium are highly
radioactive, with the most stable isotope being radium-226, which
has a half-life of 1600 years and decays into radon gas
(specifically the isotope radon-222). When radium decays, ionizing
radiation is a product, which can excite fluorescent chemicals and
cause radioluminescence. In nature, radium is found in uranium and
(to a lesser extent) thorium ores in trace amounts as small as a
seventh of a gram per ton of uraninite. Radium is not necessary
for living organisms, and adverse health effects are likely when
it is incorporated into biochemical processes because of its
radioactivity and chemical reactivity. Currently, other than its
use in nuclear medicine, radium has no commercial applications;
formerly, it was used as a radioactive source for radioluminescent
devices and also in radioactive quackery for its supposed curative
powers. Today, these former applications are no longer in vogue
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1921: #BOTD: #HBD! Steve
Allen, American actor, television personality, radio personality,
singer, musician, composer, actor, comedian, writer, game show
panelist, talk show host, screenwriter and advocate of scientific
skepticism (d. October 30, 2000) is #born Stephen Valentine
Patrick William Allen in New York City, son of Billy (Carroll
Abler) and Isabelle Allen (nee Donohue), a husband-and-wife
vaudeville comedy team. His father died when he was an infant. He
was raised on the South Side of Chicago largely by his mother's
Irish Catholic family. Milton Berle called Allen's mother "the
funniest woman in vaudeville." Steve Allen achieved national
fame as the first host of The Tonight Show, the first late night
television talk show in September 1954. Though he got his start in
radio, Allen is best known for his extensive network television
career. He gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur
Godfrey's Talent Scouts. After he hosted The Tonight Show, he went
on to host numerous game and variety shows, including his own The
Steve Allen Show, I've Got a Secret, and The New Steve Allen Show.
He was a regular panel member on CBS' What's My Line?, and from
1977 until 1981 wrote, produced, and hosted the award-winning
public broadcasting show Meeting of Minds, a series of historical
dramas presented in a talk format. Allen was a pianist and a
prolific composer, having written: by his own estimate: more than
8,500 songs, some of which were recorded by numerous leading
singers. Working as a lyricist, Allen won the 1964 Grammy Award
for Best Original Jazz Composition. He also wrote more than 50
books, including novels, children's books, and books of opinions,
including his final book, Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and
Raunch Radio (2001). Steve Allen died in Los Angeles, California
aged 78 from the effects of was thought at the time to be a minor
car accident. Allen was involved in a minor traffic crash while
traveling to visit his youngest son at home in Los Angeles. A
driver struck the side of Allen's car while backing out of a
driveway, causing Allen to suffer a ruptured blood vessel, among
other injuries, though he apparently did not realize he was
seriously hurt. After Allen arrived at his son's home, he took a
nap and died in his sleep. At first, it was believed that he had a
heart attack. However, Allen's autopsy revealed that he actually
died from hemopericardium (blood in the pericardial sac of the
heart) caused by injuries sustained in the crash. Though the
condition was partially caused by atherosclerosis, the death was
ruled accidental. According to his wife Jayne Meadows, "Typical
of Steve, [who] was the dearest, sweetest man: He was hit by a
man, backing into him, breaking all of his ribs, that pierced his
heart ... and when he got out of the car, he said to the man,
'What some people will do to get my autograph.'" He is buried
at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. He
has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - a television star at
1720 Vine Street and a radio star at 1537 Vine Street. Jayne
Meadows was buried next to Allen following her death in 2015. In
1996 Allen was presented with the Martin Gardner Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
(CSICOP). He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1933: The Industrial
Revolution: The Second Industrial Revolution (1870s-1914): The
Automobile: The History Of The Automobile: The Automotive
Industry: The History Of The Automotive Industry: Foundings:
Nissan Motor Corporation (Japanese: Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki
Gaisha) (Nissan): -- Nissan, the Japanese multinational automobile
manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, is
founded under The Nissan Group (Japanese: Nissan Kontserun,
"Nissan Concern"; formerly Nissan Zaibatsu). The company
currently sells its vehicles under the Nissan and Infiniti brands,
and formerly the Datsun brand, with in-house performance tuning
products (including cars) under the Nismo and Autech brands. Since
1999, Nissan has been part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
Alliance (Mitsubishi joining in 2016), a partnership between
Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors of Japan, with Renault of France. As
of November 2023, Renault holds a 15% voting stake in Nissan,
while Nissan holds the same stake in Renault. Since October 2016
Nissan holds a 34% controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors. In
2017, Nissan was the sixth largest automaker in the world, after
Toyota, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai Motor Group, General Motors and
Ford. In 2014, Nissan was the largest car manufacturer in North
America. With a revenue of 78B USD in 2022, Nissan was the ninth
largest automobile maker in the world, as well as being the
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1935: #BOTD: #HBD! Duke
Fakir, Bangalore African American singer, founding member of the
Motown quartet the Four Tops who had performed from 1953 until his
death (d. July 22, 2024) was born Abdul Kareem Fakir in Detroit,
Michigan to a Muslim factory-worker father from what is now
Bangladesh and a Christian African American mother. A first tenor,
Fakir was the group's lone surviving original member, performing
until his death with Ronnie McNeir, Lawrence "Roquel"
Payton Jr. (son of original member Lawrence Payton), and Alexander
Morris. The Four Tops were an American vocal quartet from Detroit,
Michigan. They were one of the most commercially successful
American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel the
Motown label to international fame. The group's repertoire has
included aspects of soul, R & B, disco, adult contemporary,
doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes. Founded as the Four Aims, lead
singer Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie"
Benson and Lawrence Payton remained together for over four
decades, performing from 1953 until 1997 without a change in
personnel. The Four Tops were among a number of groups, including
the Miracles, the Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, the
Temptations, and the Supremes, who established the Motown Sound.
They were notable for having Stubbs, a baritone, as their lead
singer, whereas most other male and mixed vocal groups of the time
were fronted by tenors. The group was the main male vocal group
for the highly successful songwriting and production team of
Holland-Dozier-Holland, who crafted a stream of hit singles for
Motown. These included two Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits for
the Tops: "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"
in 1965 and "Reach Out I'll Be There" in 1966. The group
continued to have chart singles into the 1970s, including the
million-seller "Ain't No Woman" (1973). The group was
inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1990 and into the
Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked
them #79 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Duke
Fakir died of heart failure at his Detroit, Michigan home at the
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1939: #BOTD: Phil Spector,
American record producer, musician, singer and songwriter (d.
January 16, 2021) is #born Phillip Harvey Spector in New York
City. Phil Spector developed the Wall of Sound, a music production
formula he described as a "Wagnerian" approach to rock
and roll. Spector is considered the first auteur among musical
artists for the unprecedented freedom and control he had over
every phase of the recording process. Additionally, he helped
engender the idea of the studio as its own distinct instrument.
For these contributions, he is acknowledged as one of the most
influential figures in pop music history. Later in his life,
Spector was reputed for his eremitic personality, and he grew
especially notorious for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson,
of which he was convicted in the second degree. He served a prison
sentence of 19 years to life and would have been 88 years old
before becoming eligible for parole. Phil Spector died of COVID-19
at the age of 81 in an outside hospital at San Joaquin General
Hospital in French Camp, California. His remains were cremated;
his ashes scattered at sea, but which sea has not been publicly
disclosed, though it is likely the Pacific Ocean, as it was
proximate both to his last home, The Pyrenees Castle in Alhambra,
California, and to The California State Prison System where he was
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1943: The European Civil
War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater
Of World War II): The Battle Of The Atlantic: Arctic Naval
Operations Of World War II (The Arctic Campaign): The Battle Of
The North Cape: -- The German battleship Scharnhorst, under the
command of German Admiral Erich Bey, is sunk off of Norway's North
Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces under the
command of British Admiral Bruce Fraser, thereafter entitled 1st
Baron Fraser Of North Cape. The battle was the last between
big-gun capital ships in the Battle Of The Atlantic, and the
second to last in history. The Battle Of The North Cape was part
of the Arctic Campaign of The Battle Of The Atlantic. The German
battleship Scharnhorst, on an operation to attack Arctic Convoys
of war materiel from the Western Allies to the Soviet Union, was
brought to battle along with German Narvik-class destroyers Z29,
Z30, Z33, Z34 and Z38, and the Scharnhorst was sunk off Norway's
North Cape by the Royal Navy's battleship HMS Duke Of York, the
heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk, the light cruisers HMS Belfast, HMS
Sheffield and HMS Jamaica, British destroyers HMS Savage, HMS
Scorpion, HMS Saumarez, HMS Matchless, HMS Musketeer, HMS
Opportune and HMS Virago, Canadian destroyer HMCS Huron, and
exiled Royal Norwegian Navy destroyer HNoMS Stord. The British
victory confirmed the massive strategic advantage held by the
British, at least in surface units. It was also the second-to-last
engagement between battleships, the last being The Battle Of
Surigao Strait in October 1944. Scharnhorst was a German capital
ship, alternatively described as a battleship or battlecruiser, of
Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class,
which included one other ship, Gneisenau. The ship was built at
the Kriegsmarinewerft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven; she was laid down
on June 15, 1935 and launched a year and four months later on
October 3, 1936. Completed in January 1939, the ship was armed
with a main battery of nine 28 cm (11 in) C/34 guns in three
triple turrets. Plans to replace these weapons with six 38 cm (15
in) SK C/34 guns in twin turrets were never carried out. At 18:42,
Duke of York ceased fire upon Scharnhorst, after having fired 52
salvos and having scored at least 13 hits. Many of these hits had
badly damaged the ship's secondary armament (smaller,
faster-firing weapons that were typically effective at a shorter
range), which left her open to destroyer attacks, which British
Admiral Fraser accordingly ordered. The destroyers Scorpion and
HNoMS Stord launched a total of eight torpedoes at 18:50, four of
which hit. One torpedo exploded abreast of turret Bruno, which
caused it to jam. The second torpedo hit the ship on the port side
and caused some minor flooding, and the third struck toward the
rear of the ship and damaged the port propeller shaft. The fourth
hit the ship in the bow. The torpedoes slowed Scharnhorst to 12
knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), which allowed Duke of York to close to
9,100 m (10,000 yd). With only turret Caesar operational, all
available men were sent to retrieve ammunition from the forward
turrets to keep the last heavy guns supplied. Fraser then ordered
Jamaica and Belfast to move into range and finish the crippled
ship off with torpedoes. After several more torpedo hits,
Scharnhorst settled further into the water and began to list to
starboard. At 19:45, the ship went down by the bow, with her
propellers still slowly turning. British ships began searching for
survivors, but were soon ordered away after just a few were pulled
out of the water even though voices could still be heard calling
for help from the darkness. Of the crew of 1,968 officers and
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1944: The European Civil
War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater
Of World War II): The Western Front Of World War II: The Battle Of
The Bulge (The Ardennes Offensive) (German: Unternehmen Wacht Am
Rhein, "Operation Watch On The Rhine"): The Siege Of
Bastogne: -- George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement
of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium. On December 22,
during the Battle Of The Bulge: German troops demanded the
surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting
the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!".
The Battle Of The Bulge began as the Germans launched a big
counter-offensive in the Ardennes Forest along a 75-mile front,
taking American troops by surprise. Named Operation Watch on the
Rhine by the Germans, it was aided by foggy, snowy weather, tand
he Germans penetrated 65 miles into Allied lines by the end of
December. The German advance was eventually halted by Montgomery
on the Meuse and Patton at Bastogne. As the weather cleared,
Allied aircraft attacked German ground forces and supply lines and
the counteroffensive failed. There were an estimated 77,000 Allied
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1963: Aesthetics: The
Performing Arts: Music: Music History: The History Of Rock And
Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Rock 'N' Roll, Rock 'N Roll,
Rock N' Roll): British Rock And Roll (British Rock & Roll,
British Rock-N-Roll, British Rock 'N' Roll, British Rock 'N Roll,
British Rock N' Roll): The Swinging Sixties: Music Of The United
Kingdom: Rock And Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Rock 'N'
Roll, Rock 'N Roll, Rock N' Roll): Concerts: British Rock (Beat
Music, British Beat, Merseybeat): The Swinging Sixties: Music Of
The United Kingdom: Rock And Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll,
Rock 'N' Roll, Rock 'N Roll, Rock N' Roll): The British Invasion:
The Beatles: Record Releases: -- The Beatles songs "I Want to
Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There",
both written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, are released in
the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an
international level. "I Saw Her Standing There" It was
the group's first American number-one hit, entering the Billboard
Hot 100 chart on January 18, 1964 at number 45 and starting the
British Invasion of the American music industry. By February 1 it
topped the Hot 100, and stayed there for seven weeks before being
replaced by "She Loves You". It remained on the
Billboard chart for 15 weeks. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
became the Beatles' best-selling single worldwide selling more
than 12 million copies. In 2018, Billboard magazine named it the
48th biggest hit of all time on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK,
it was the second highest selling single of the 1960s, behind "She
Loves You". "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was recorded
on October 17 1963, and was the first Beatles record to be made
using four-track equipment. With advance orders exceeding one
million copies in the United Kingdom, "I Want to Hold Your
Hand" would have gone straight to the top of the British
record charts on its day of release (November 29, 1963) had it not
been blocked by the group's first million-seller "She Loves
You", their previous UK single, which was having a resurgence
of popularity following intense media coverage of the group.
Taking two weeks to dislodge its predecessor, "I Want to Hold
Your Hand" stayed at number one for five weeks and remained
in the UK top 50 for 21 weeks in total. "I Saw Her Standing
There" is the opening track on the band's 1963 debut album
Please Please Me. Capitol Records released the song in the United
States as the B-side of "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
While the A-side topped the US Billboard chart for seven weeks
starting 1 February 1964, "I Saw Her Standing There"
entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964, remaining there
for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 14. The song placed on the Cashbox
chart for only one week at No. 100 on the same week of its
Billboard debut. In 2004, "I Saw Her Standing There" was
ranked No. 139 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1963: Aesthetics: The
Performing Arts: Music: Music History: The History Of Rock And
Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Rock 'N' Roll, Rock 'N Roll,
Rock N' Roll): British Rock And Roll (British Rock & Roll,
British Rock-N-Roll, British Rock 'N' Roll, British Rock 'N Roll,
British Rock N' Roll): The Swinging Sixties: Music Of The United
Kingdom: Rock And Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Rock 'N'
Roll, Rock 'N Roll, Rock N' Roll): Concerts: British Rock (Beat
Music, British Beat, Merseybeat): The Swinging Sixties: Music Of
The United Kingdom: Rock And Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll,
Rock 'N' Roll, Rock 'N Roll, Rock N' Roll): The British Invasion:
The Beatles: Record Releases: -- The Beatles songs "I Want to
Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There",
both written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, are released in
the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an
international level. "I Saw Her Standing There" It was
the group's first American number-one hit, entering the Billboard
Hot 100 chart on January 18, 1964 at number 45 and starting the
British Invasion of the American music industry. By February 1 it
topped the Hot 100, and stayed there for seven weeks before being
replaced by "She Loves You". It remained on the
Billboard chart for 15 weeks. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
became the Beatles' best-selling single worldwide selling more
than 12 million copies. In 2018, Billboard magazine named it the
48th biggest hit of all time on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK,
it was the second highest selling single of the 1960s, behind "She
Loves You". "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was recorded
on October 17 1963, and was the first Beatles record to be made
using four-track equipment. With advance orders exceeding one
million copies in the United Kingdom, "I Want to Hold Your
Hand" would have gone straight to the top of the British
record charts on its day of release (November 29, 1963) had it not
been blocked by the group's first million-seller "She Loves
You", their previous UK single, which was having a resurgence
of popularity following intense media coverage of the group.
Taking two weeks to dislodge its predecessor, "I Want to Hold
Your Hand" stayed at number one for five weeks and remained
in the UK top 50 for 21 weeks in total. "I Saw Her Standing
There" is the opening track on the band's 1963 debut album
Please Please Me. Capitol Records released the song in the United
States as the B-side of "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
While the A-side topped the US Billboard chart for seven weeks
starting 1 February 1964, "I Saw Her Standing There"
entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964, remaining there
for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 14. The song placed on the Cashbox
chart for only one week at No. 100 on the same week of its
Billboard debut. In 2004, "I Saw Her Standing There" was
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1972: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Cold War In Asia: The Indochina Wars:
The Vietnam War (The Second Indochina War, The Vietnam Conflict,
The Resistance War Against America): The United States In The
Vietnam War: Aerial Operations And Battles Of The Vietnam War:
Strategic Bombing During The Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II
(The December Raids, The Christmas Bombings): -- 120 American B-52
Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from
Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch
in Strategic Air Command history. On December 18, President
Richard Nixon announced that the United States would engage North
Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas
bombings, known as The December Raids and The Christmas Bombings,
after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. It was
a maximum effort bombing campaign to "destroy major target
complexes in the Hanoi and Haiphong areas, which could only be
accomplished by B-52s". It saw the largest heavy bomber
strikes launched by the US Air Force since the end of World War
II. The bombing would continue until December 29th, when the North
Vietnamese agreed to accept a number of American proposals and
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1975: Aviation: The History
Of Aviation: The History Of Civil Aviation: Aircraft Service
Entries: -- The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO reporting name: Charger), the
world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, a Soviet supersonic
passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to
1999 that flew at speeds surpassing Mach 2, goes into service. It
took its prototype's maiden flight from Zhukovsky Airport on
December 31, 1968, two months before the British-French Concorde.
The Tu-144 was a product of the Tupolev Design Bureau, an OKB
headed by aeronautics pioneer Aleksey Tupolev, and 16 aircraft
were manufactured by the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
in Voronezh. The Tu-144 conducted 102 commercial flights, of which
only 55 carried passengers, at an average service altitude of
16,000 metres (52,000 ft) and cruised at a speed of around 2,200
kilometres per hour (1,400 mph) (Mach 2). The Tu-144 first went
supersonic on 5 June 1969, four months before Concorde, and on 26
May 1970 became the world's first commercial transport to exceed
Mach 2. Reliability and developmental issues restricted the
viability of the Tu-144 for regular use; these factors, together
with repercussions of the 1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash,
projections of high operating costs, and rising fuel prices and
environmental concerns outside the Soviet Union, caused foreign
customer interest to wane. The Tu-144 was introduced into
commercial service with Aeroflot between Moscow and Alma-Ata on 26
December 1975 and starting 1 November 1977 passenger flights
began; it was withdrawn less than seven months later after a new
Tu-144 variant crash-landed during a test flight on 23 May 1978.
The Tu-144 remained in commercial service as a cargo aircraft
until the cancellation of the Tu-144 program in 1983. The Tu-144
was later used by the Soviet space program to train pilots of the
Buran spacecraft, and by NASA for supersonic research until 1999.
The Tu-144 made its final flight on 26 June 1999 and surviving
aircraft were put on display in Russia, the former Soviet Union
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26, 1991: #DOTD: The Aftermath
Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End
Of The Cold War): The Dissolution Of The Soviet Union:: -- The
Supreme Soviet Of The Soviet Union, the most authoritative
legislative body of the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
beginning 1936, and the only one with the power to approve
constitutional amendments, meets for the last time and formally
dissolves the Soviet Union, after 69 years of the regime's
existance. The day prior, December 25, 1991, Ukraine officially
left the Soviet Union, on the same day that Mikhail Gorbachev
resigned as President of the Soviet Union The Dissolution Of The
Soviet Union (1988-1991) was the process of internal
disintegration within the USSR, which began with growing unrest in
its various constituent republics developing into an incessant
political and legislative conflict between the republics and the
central government, and ended when the leaders of three primal
republics (the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the
Byelorussian SSR) declared it no longer existed, later accompanied
by 11 more republics, resulting in President Mikhail Gorbachev
having to resign and what was left of the Soviet parliament
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Today, December 26, 2025
December 26: Slovenia Independence And
Unity Day (Slovenia Independence Day): -- Commemorates the day the
Slovenian independence referendum was proclaimed in 1990. The
referendum itself took place three days earlier on December 23
wherein 95% of the voters favored the establishment of an
independent Slovene state. It was originally known only as
Independence Day but its name was later changed in 2005 when the
Social Democrats called to amend the name to include a reference
to the national unity displayed by the Slovene people during the
referendum. The Republic of Slovenia is a central European
country, bordered by Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. It was
first settled about 250,000 years ago. Slovenia happens to be the
site where the oldest musical instrument was found, alongside one
of the oldest wooden wheels. The area that is modern-day Slovenia
was controlled by the Roman Empire and witnessed invasions by the
Huns and Germanic tribes during the 5th and 6th centuries. After
the Lombards departed from the Alpine area, Slavic tribes slowly
began occupying the area. They were pressured by the Avars to
establish a settlement there. Slovenia was ruled over by several
different Germanic tribes until Charlemagne defeated a majority of
them in battle. By the end of the Middle Ages, Slovenian lands
bore witness to Turkish raids, peasant revolts, and other
hardships. It was only in the 19th century when Slovenian
nationalist sentiments began to re-emerge; the idea of a united
Slovenia began to gain traction. Slovenia soon became a part of
the larger kingdom of Yugoslavia, which was later annexed by the
Axis powers. After WWII, Slovenia continued as a part of
Yugoslavia. Slovenian independence was proclaimed in a referendum
in 1990. Originally known as Independence Day, it is celebrated as
Independence And Unity Day today.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26: National Whiner's Day: --
Whiners have whined their way into getting their own holiday on
National Whiner's Day, December 26. We all know someone whose
incessant whining puts Moaning Myrtle's to shame. But on this day,
everyone is encouraged to complain about anything that is
bothering them, which is understandable, as Christmas can be quite
hectic and mentally exhausting. But while you are allowed to
grumble about that Christmas gift you didn't receive or negative
remarks from an annoying relative, it's more important to focus on
being grateful for all that you have and to appreciate the good
things in life. Too tired? Overate too much? Dreading going back
to work? Return aisle queues too long? Oh, we can whine on and on.
It's so easy to get caught up in complaining about everything that
goes wrong or things we don't get. And while we are at full
liberty to do that, instead of focusing on the negatives and
have-nots, National Whiner's Day encourages chronic complainers to
look on the bright side of things. This is exactly what Rev. Kevin
Zaborney hoped for when he created National Whiner's Day in 1986.
Designated on December 26, he wanted folks to be grateful for what
they have instead of being unhappy about what they don't have. We
get it, everybody wants to blow some steam after Christmas is
over, but marking the end of the most wonderful time of the year
with constant whining is the opposite of everything the season
stands for. Zaborney started this day after observing many people
whine non-stop the day after Christmas. He also founded National
Hugging Day, as there were more problems and whining going around
and fewer comforting bear hugs! Less fortunate people than us will
gratefully accept things or circumstances that we whine about.
Overeaten? Some are struggling to put food on the table. Relatives
overstaying? Some yearn for a family. Didn't get a gift of your
choice? Some didn't get any presents at all. You may whine today,
but count your blessings and be thankful as well. The 'Most Famous
Whiner' is also announced each year. Nominations are accepted
until December 15.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 1890: #DOTD: #RIP: Heinrich
Schliemann, German-Italian pioneer archaeologist, businessman and
author, advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the
works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now
presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites of
Mycenae and Tiryns, whose work provided proof that Homer's Iliad
reflects historical events (b. January 6, 1822) #dies of
cholesteatoma (a Keratin cyst in or about the middle ear) in a
Naples, Kingdom Of Italy hotel room after he had collapsed into a
coma on Christmas Day. His corpse was transported by friends to
the First Cemetery in Athens, Greece. He is interred in a
mausoleum shaped like a temple erected in ancient Greek style,
designed by Ernst Ziller in the form of an amphiprostyle temple on
top of a tall base. The frieze circling the outside of the
mausoleum shows Schliemann conducting the excavations at Mycenae
and other sites. Heinrich Schliemann was born Johann Ludwig
Heinrich Julius Schliemann in Neubukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
German Confederation. Schliemann's excavation of nine levels of
archaeological remains, the first ever attempted, has since been
criticized as a destructive method, causing damage to significant
historical artifacts, including the level that is believed to be
the historical Troy.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 2021: #DOTD: #RIP: Desmond
Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, civil rights activist,
theologian, Freemason and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b.
October 7, 1931) #dies from cancer at the Oasis Frail Care Centre
in Cape Town, South Africa, aged 90. South African president Cyril
Ramaphosa described Tutu's death as "another chapter of
bereavement in our nation's farewell to a generation of
outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated
South Africa." Tutu's body lay in state for two days before
the funeral. For several days before the funeral the cathedral
rang its bells for 10 minutes each day at noon and national
landmarks, including Table Mountain, were illuminated in purple in
Tutu's honour. A Funeral Mass was held for Tutu at St. George's
Cathedral in Cape Town on January 1, 2022. President Cyril
Ramaphosa gave a eulogy, and Michael Nuttall, the former bishop of
Natal, delivered the sermon. Attendance at the funeral was limited
to 100 due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. During the funeral,
Tutu's body lay in a "plain pine coffin, the cheapest
available at his request to avoid any ostentatious displays".
Following the funeral, Tutu's remains were aquamated (Alkaline
hydrolysis, also known as biocremation, resomation, flameless
cremation, aquamation or water cremation, a process for the
disposal of a body using lye and heat as an alternative to burial
or cremation); his ashes are interred in St. George's Cathedral,
Captown, South Africa. Desmond Tutu was born Desmond Mpilo Tutu in
Klerksdorp, a city in northwest South Africa. Desmond Mpilo Tutu
OMSG CH GCStJ is known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human
rights activist. He was the Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to
1986 and then the Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in
both cases being the first black African to hold the position.
Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from black theology with
African theology.Tutu was born of mixed Xhosa and Motswana
heritage to a poor family in Klerksdorp, Union Of South Africa.
Entering adulthood, he trained as a teacher and married Nomalizo
Leah Tutu, with whom he had several children. In 1960, he was
ordained as an Anglican priest and in 1962 moved to the United
Kingdom to study theology at King's College London. In 1966 he
returned to southern Africa, teaching at the Federal Theological
Seminary and then the University of Botswana, Lesotho and
Swaziland. In 1972, he became the Theological Education Fund's
director for Africa, a position based in London but necessitating
regular tours of the African continent. Back in southern Africa in
1975, he served first as dean of St Mary's Cathedral in
Johannesburg and then as Bishop of Lesotho, taking an active role
in opposition to South Africa's apartheid system of racial
segregation and white-minority rule. From 1978 to 1985 he was
general-secretary of the South African Council of Churches,
emerging as one of South Africa's most prominent anti-apartheid
activists. Although warning the National Party government that
anger at apartheid would lead to racial violence, as an activist
he stressed non-violent protest and foreign economic pressure to
bring about universal suffrage. In 1985, Tutu became Bishop of
Johannesburg and in 1986 the Archbishop of Cape Town, the most
senior position in southern Africa's Anglican hierarchy. In this
position he emphasised a consensus-building model of leadership
and oversaw the introduction of women priests. Also in 1986, he
became president of the All Africa Conference of Churches,
resulting in further tours of the continent. After President F. W.
de Klerk released the anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela from
prison in 1990 and the pair led negotiations to end apartheid and
introduce multi-racial democracy, Tutu assisted as a mediator
between rival black factions. After the 1994 general election
resulted in a coalition government headed by Mandela, the latter
selected Tutu to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to
investigate past human rights abuses committed by both pro and
anti-apartheid groups. Since apartheid's fall, Tutu has campaigned
for gay rights and spoken out on a wide range of subjects, among
them the Israel-Palestine conflict, his opposition to the Iraq
War, and his criticism of South African presidents Thabo Mbeki and
Jacob Zuma. In 2010, he retired from public life. Tutu polarised
opinion as he rose to notability in the 1970s. White conservatives
who supported apartheid despised him, while many white liberals
regarded him as too radical; many black radicals accused him of
being too moderate and focused on cultivating white goodwill,
while Marxist-Leninists criticised his anti-communist stance. He
was widely popular among South Africa's black majority, and was
internationally praised for his anti-apartheid activism, receiving
a range of awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize. He has also
compiled several books of his speeches and sermons.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 1974: #DOTD: #RIP: Jack
Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television and film
actor, and violinist (b. February 14, 1894) dies of pancreatic
cancer at his Los Angeles, California home at the age of 80. Benny
is interred in a crypt at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in
Culver City, California. His will arranged for a single
long-stemmed red rose to be delivered to his widow, Mary
Livingstone, every day for the rest of her life. Jack Benny was
born Benjamin Kubelsky in Chicago, Illinois into a family of
Jewish immigrants. He is recognized as a leading American
entertainer of the 20th century, Benny portrayed his character as
a miser, playing his violin badly. In character, he would claim to
be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age. Benny was known
for comic timing and the ability to cause laughter with a pregnant
pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated
"Well!". His radio and television programs, popular from
1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the sitcom
genre.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 1927: #BOTD: #HBD! Alan
King, American comedian, satirist, actor, producer, and
screenwriter (d. May 9, 2004) is #born Irwin Alan Kniberg. He
known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King
became well known as a Jewish comedian and satirist. He was also a
serious actor who appeared in a number of movies and television
shows. King wrote several books, produced films, and appeared in
plays. In later years, he helped many philanthropic causes. Alan
King died from lung cancer caused by heavy cigar smoking (a fact
that came up in his routines from time to time), at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattanm aged 76. He is buried
in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, Queens. The film Christmas
with the Kranks was dedicated to his memory, and he is recognized
in the end credits of Rush Hour 3.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 2023: #DOTD: #RIP: Tom
Smothers, American singer, guitarist, composer, comedian, actor
and activist, best known as half of the musical comedy duo the
Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick (b. February
2, 1937) #dies of the stage two lung cancer he had announced he
had been diagnosed with earlier in the year at his home in Santa
Rosa, California, aged 86. His remains were cremated, and his
ashes were given to his widow Marcy Carriker. Tom Smothers was
born Thomas Bolyn Smothers III at the Fort Jay army post hospital
on Governors Island in New York City, the son of Ruth (nee
Remick), a homemaker; and Major Thomas B. Smothers, an army
officer who died a POW in April 1945. After moving to California,
he graduated from Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach,
California. He was a competitive unicyclist, and a state champion
gymnast in the parallel bars. Smothers later attended San Jose
State University, then known as San Jose State College. At SJSC,
Smothers participated both in gymnastics and pole vault for the
track team. The Smothers Brothers initially wanted to be folk
musicians. Tom did not feel that he was good enough to be a
professional musician, but he was funny enough to do comedy. The
two began adding comedy bits to their act, of which Smothers said
"It was a series of performances when we started out as a
duet in Aspen. I did all the introductions. I'd just make up stuff
for every song. And Dickie said, "Why don't you try repeating
some of that stuff?" I said, "I don't know." I
didn't know that you could repeat the stuff. And I started
repeating it and Dickie would say, "That's wrong." And
pretty soon he'd say, "That's wrong, you're stupid." It
sort of became an argument." Tom's first foray into the
medium of television was as a regular on The Steve Allen Show in
1961. He followed that role with a single episode of Burke's Law.
The Smothers Brothers next appeared on the CBS sitcom The Smothers
Brothers Show from 1965 to 1966. Tom felt that the show did not
play to the brothers' strengths, and they took creative control
over their next venture, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, a
variety show from 1967 to 1969. The Smothers Brothers Show is an
American fantasy sitcom featuring the Smothers Brothers that aired
on CBS on Friday nights at 9:30 p.m. ET from September 17, 1965 to
April 22, 1966, co-sponsored by Alberto-Culver's VO5 hairdressing
products and American Tobacco's Tareyton cigarettes. It was the
first television show to feature the Smothers Brothers as
regulars, following a series of night club and guest appearances.
It lasted one season, consisting of 32 episodes. It was also the
network's last situation comedy filmed in black-and-white; shortly
after its final telecast, all CBS prime-time series were
transmitted in color. In 1986, two decades after cancellation,
reruns were seen on Nick at Nite. The Smothers Brothers Comedy
Hour is an American comedy and variety show television series
hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from
1967 to 1969. The series was a major success, especially
considering it was scheduled against the major NBC television
series Bonanza, with content that appealed to contemporary youth
viewership with daring political satire humor and major music acts
such as Buffalo Springfield, Pete Seeger, Cream, and The Who.
Despite this success, continual conflicts with network executives
over content led to the show being abruptly pulled from the
schedule in violation of the Smothers' contract in 1969. After the
show was canceled, Tom became more adamant in his politics. In the
1970s, Smothers chided popular comedian Bill Cosby for not taking
a stand on political issues of the day such as civil rights. In
October 1976, both Cosby and Smothers were in attendance at a
Playboy Mansion party. The tension between the two culminated in
Cosby's punching Smothers in the head. Tom Smothers's politics are
in marked contrast to those of his brother Richard, who is a
conservative. Tom stated in 2006 that the duo's real-life
political and philosophical differences were a key part of their
ability to maintain their act for as long as they did. In 2008,
during the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, Smothers was awarded a
special Emmy. In 1968, when he was head writer of The Smothers
Brothers Comedy Hour, the writing staff was awarded the Emmy for
Outstanding Writing in a Comedic Series. Smothers had refused to
let his name be on the list of writers nominated for the Emmy,
because he felt his name was too volatile. The award at the 2008
ceremony was presented by Steve Martin, who was once a writer on
the program. On May 6, 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union's
Sonoma County chapter honored Smothers with its Jack Green Civil
Liberties Award for his work against television censorship and for
speaking out for peace and civil liberties. Tom and Dick Smothers
reunited in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of The Smothers
Brothers Comedy Hour's abrupt cancellation. Smothers is the owner
of Remick Ridge Vineyards in Sonoma County, California, with his
wife Marcy Carriker and two children, Bo (born 1991), and Riley
Rose (born 1996). He also has a son, Thomas Bolyn Smothers IV (Tom
Jr.), from his first marriage, and one grandson, Phoenix
Parrish-Smothers. There is a Smothers sister, Sherry, born
September 1941, in Pasadena, California.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 1972: #DOTD: #RIP: Harry S.
Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd president of the
United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the
death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice
president (b. May 8, 1884) #dies in a coma at 7:50 a.m. of
multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at Kansas City's
Research Hospital and Medical Center at the age of 88. He is
buried at the Harry S. Truman Library Courtyard in Independence,
Missouri. He was born in Lamar, Missouri on 1884. He implemented
the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and
established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist
expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few
were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated
Congress. Truman grew up in Independence, Missouri, and during
World War I fought in France as a captain in the Field Artillery.
Returning home, he opened a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri
and was later elected as a Jackson County official in 1922. Truman
was elected to the United States Senate from Missouri in 1934 and
gained national prominence as chairman of the Truman Committee
aimed at reducing waste and inefficiency in wartime contracts.
Soon after succeeding to the presidency, he authorized the first
and only use of nuclear weapons in war. Truman's administration
engaged in an internationalist foreign policy and renounced
isolationism. He rallied his New Deal coalition during the 1948
presidential election and won a surprise victory that secured his
own presidential term. After the onset of the Cold War, Truman
oversaw the Berlin Airlift and Marshall Plan in 1948. When North
Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, he gained United Nations
approval to intervene in the Korean War. He did not ask for
Congressional approval and as the war stalemated his popularity
fell. His administration successfully guided the U.S. economy
through the post-war economic challenges; the expected postwar
depression never happened. In 1948, he submitted the first
comprehensive civil rights legislation. It did not pass but he
instead issued Executive Orders 9980 and 9981 to begin racial
equality in federal agencies and the military. Corruption in the
Truman administration became a central campaign issue in the 1952
presidential election. He was eligible for reelection in 1952 but
with weak polls, he decided not to run. Republican Dwight D.
Eisenhower attacked Truman's record and won easily. When he left
office, Truman's presidency was heavily criticized, though
critical reassessment of his tenure has been favorable. Truman
went into a financially difficult retirement, marked by the
founding of his presidential library and the publication of his
memoirs.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP: Gerald
Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 40th Vice
President of the United States (1973-1974), 38th President of the
United States from 1974 to 1977 (b. July 14, 1913) #dies at his
home in Rancho Mirage, California of arteriosclerotic
cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis, aged 93. He
is buried at The Gerald R Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
At the time of his death, Ford was the longest-lived U.S.
president, having lived 93 years and 165 days (45 days longer than
Ronald Reagan, whose record he surpassed). He was the last
surviving member of the Warren Commission. On December 30, 2006,
Ford became the 11th U.S. president to lie in state in the Rotunda
of the U.S. Capitol. A state funeral and memorial services were
held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday,
January 2, 2007. After the service, Ford was interred at his
Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Scouting was so
important to Ford that his family asked for Scouts to participate
in his funeral. A few selected Scouts served as ushers inside the
National Cathedral. About 400 Eagle Scouts were part of the
funeral procession, where they formed an honor guard as the casket
went by in front of the museum. Ford selected the song to be
played during his funeral procession at the U.S. Capitol. After
his death in December 2006, the University of Michigan Marching
Band played the school's fight song for him one final time, for
his last ride from the Gerald R. Ford Airport in Grand Rapids,
Michigan. The State of Michigan commissioned and submitted a
statue of Ford to the National Statuary Hall Collection, replacing
Zachariah Chandler. It was unveiled on May 3, 2011, in the Capitol
Rotunda. On the proper right side is inscribed a quotation from a
tribute by Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the House at the end of Ford's
presidency: "God has been good to America, especially during
difficult times. At the time of the Civil War, he gave us Abraham
Lincoln. And at the time of Watergate, he gave us Gerald Ford -
the right man at the right time who was able to put our nation
back together again." On the proper left side are words from
Ford's swearing-in address: "Our constitution works. Our
great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the
people rule." Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was born Leslie Lynch
King Jr. at 3202 Woolworth Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, where his
parents lived with his paternal grandparents. He was the only
president never to have been elected to the office of president or
vice president as well as the only president to date from
Michigan. He previously served as the leader of the Republican
Party in the House of Representatives, and was appointed to be the
40th vice president in 1973. When President Richard Nixon resigned
in 1974, Ford succeeded to the presidency, but was defeated for
election to a full term in 1976. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and
raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ford attended the University of
Michigan, where he was a member of the school's football team,
winning two national championships. Following his senior year, he
turned down offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers,
instead opting to go to Yale Law School. After the attack on Pearl
Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, serving from 1942
to 1946; he left as a lieutenant commander. Ford began his
political career in 1949 as the U.S. representative from
Michigan's 5th congressional district. He served in this capacity
for nearly 25 years, the final nine of them as the House minority
leader. In December 1973, two months after the resignation of
Spiro Agnew, Ford became the first person appointed to the vice
presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment. After the
subsequent resignation of President Nixon in August 1974, Ford
immediately assumed the presidency. As president, Ford signed the
Helsinki Accords, which marked a move toward detente in the Cold
War. With the collapse of South Vietnam nine months into his
presidency, US involvement in the Vietnam War essentially ended.
Domestically, Ford presided over the worst economy in the four
decades since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a
recession during his tenure. In one of his most controversial
acts, he granted a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon for his
role in the Watergate scandal. During Ford's presidency, foreign
policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role
Congress began to play, and by the corresponding curb on the
powers of the president. In the 1976 Republican presidential
primary campaign, Ford defeated former California Governor Ronald
Reagan for the Republican nomination, but narrowly lost the
presidential election to the Democratic challenger, former Georgia
Governor Jimmy Carter. Surveys of historians and political
scientists have ranked Ford as a below-average president.
Following his years as president, Ford remained active in the
Republican Party. His moderate views on various social issues
increasingly put him at odds with conservative members of the
party in the 1990s and early 2000s. In retirement, Ford set aside
the enmity he had felt towards Carter following the 1976 election,
and the two former presidents developed a close friendship.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 1956: Aviation: The History
Of Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Maiden Flights:
Military Aviation Maiden Flights: -- The first prototype, an
aerodynamic test bed, of The Convair F-106 Delta Dart, an
all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the
American aircraft manufacturer Convair, makes its maiden flight
from Edwards Air Force Base. The F-106 was designed in response to
the 1954 interceptor program. Envisioned as an imagined "Ultimate
Interceptor", it was a development of the F-102 Delta Dagger,
and commenced as the F-102B prior to being redesignated by the
United States Air Force (USAF). The F-106 was designed without a
gun or provision for carrying bombs, instead carrying its AIM-4
Falcon air-to-air missiles within an internal weapons bay, its
clean exterior was beneficial to supersonic flight. Major
differences from the F-102 included the adoption of the more
powerful Pratt & Whitney J75 turbojet engine, heavily
redesigned air inlets along with a variable-geometry inlet duct to
suit a wide range of supersonic speeds, application of the area
rule to the fuselage shaping, and a general increase in size.
After flight testing demonstrated lesser performance gains than
anticipated, the USAF ultimately only ordered 350 of the planned
1,000 F-106s. Becoming operational in June 1959, the F-106 was the
primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the USAF through much
of the Cold War era; it ended up being the final specialist
interceptor to be used by the service to date. It was never used
in combat nor were any export opportunities secured. During the
1960s, a competitive evaluation between the F-106 and the
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II determined the latter to be
marginally superior, yet the type continued to be operated for a
further two decades due to extensive demand for the F-4 in other
roles. Convair proposed various improved models of the F-106,
typically focused on the radar, communications, and other
avionics, but none of these schemes were pursued. In one
high-profile incident over Montana on 2 February 1970, an unmanned
F-106 recovered from a flat spin after its pilot had ejected,
belly landing relatively intact in a snow-covered field; it was
recovered and continued to be flown for numerous years afterwards.
The F-106 was gradually withdrawn from USAF service during the
1980s as the arrival of newer air superiority fighters,
particularly the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, had made the role
of dedicated interceptors obsolete. Numerous F-106s would be
operated for a time by the Air National Guard. Many withdrawn
aircraft were promptly converted into target drones and
redesignated QF-106 under the Pacer Six program, which were used
up in 1998. A handful of F-106s were operated by NASA for
experimental purposes, such as the Eclipse Project (which examined
the feasibility of towing delta wing aircraft), through to 1998.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 2020: #DOTD: #RIP: Dr.
George R. Carruthers, African American space physicist and
engineer, Naval Research Laboratory Senior Astrophysicist,
National Inventors Hall Of Fame inductee, National Medal For
Technology And Invention recipient, inventor of the compact and
very powerful NASA Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph (UVC) used
by the Apollo 16 astronauts on the moon to obtain astronomical
images and spectra in the far ultraviolet region of the
electromagnetic spectrum (b. October 1, 1939) #dies of congestive
heart failure in Washington D.C., aged 81. His burial details are
not publicly disclosed. George R. Carruthers was born George
Robert Carruthers in Cincinnati, Ohio, to George and Sophia
Carruthers, the eldest of four children. His father was a civil
engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers and his mother was a
homemaker. At an early age, George developed an interest in space
flight through reading popular space fiction like Buck Rodgers and
the early 1950s Collier's series on space flight. Carruthers's
father also encouraged his interests in math and science. At the
age of 10, Carruthers built his first telescope out of cardboard
tubing and lenses purchased using money he earned as a delivery
boy. He did not perform well in elementary school, earning poor
grades in math and physics; however, during this same time, he won
three separate science fair awards.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 1948: #BOTD: #HBD! Chris
Chambliss, African American professional baseball player and
coach, is #born Carroll Christopher Chambliss in Dayton, Ohio. He
played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1988 for the
Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves. He served
as a coach for the Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets,
Cincinnati Reds, and Seattle Mariners. Chambliss won the American
League Rookie of the Year Award with the Indians in 1971. He was
an All-Star with the Yankees in 1976, the same year he hit the
series-winning home run in the 1976 American League Championship
Series. He was a member of the Yankees' 1977 and 1978 World Series
championship teams, both against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and won
the Gold Glove Award in 1978. Chambliss went on to win four more
World Series championships as the hitting coach for the Yankees in
1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 1914: #BOTD: #HBD! Richard
Widmark, American film, stage, and television actor and producer
(d. March 24, 2008) is #born Richard Weedt Widmark in Sunrise
Township, Minnesota. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his
role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss Of Death,
for which he also won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising
Newcomer. Early in his career, Widmark was typecast in similar
villainous or anti-hero roles in films noir, but he later branched
out into more heroic leading and support roles in Westerns,
mainstream dramas, and horror films, among others. For his
contribution to the motion picture industry, Widmark has a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2002,
he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Richard Widmark died after a long illness at his home in
Roxbury, Connecticut, aged 93. Widmark's failing health in his
final year was aggravated by a fall he suffered in 2007. He is
buried at Roxbury Center Cemetery.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 2000: #DOTD: #RIP: Jason
Robards, American stage, film, and television actor (b. July 26,
1922) #dies of lung cancer in Bridgeport, Connecticut, aged 78.
His remains are buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield,
Connecticuit. Jason Robards was born Jason Nelson Robards Jr. in
Chicago, Illinois into a family of German, English, Welsh, Irish,
and Swedish descent, the son of actor Jason Robards Sr.
(1892-1963) and Hope Maxine Robards (nee Glanville; 1895-1992).
Jason Robards a winner of the Tony Award, two Academy Awards and
an Emmy Award. He was also a United States Navy combat veteran of
World War II. He became famous playing works of American
playwright Eugene O'Neill and regularly performed in O'Neill's
works throughout his career. Robards was cast both in common-man
roles and as well-known historical figures.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 1999: #DOTD: #RIP: Curtis
Mayfield, African American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and
record producer, one of the most influential musicians behind soul
and politically conscious African American music (b. June 3, 1942)
#dies of complications of type 2 diabetes at 7:20 AM (12:20 GMT)
on a Sunday at the North Fulton Regional Hospital in Roswell,
Georgia, aged 57. His remains were cremated, and his ashes were
given to his family; he was survived by his wife, Altheida
Mayfield; his mother, Mariam Jackson; 10 children; two sisters,
Carolyn Falls and Judy Mayfield; a brother, Kenneth Mayfield; and
seven grandchildren. Curtis Mayfield was born Curtis Lee Mayfield
on a Wednesday in Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He
first achieved success and recognition with The Impressions during
the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and 1960s, and later
worked as a solo artist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Mayfield
started his musical career in a gospel choir. Moving to the North
Side, he met Jerry Butler in 1956 at the age of 14, and joined the
vocal group The Impressions. As a songwriter, Mayfield became
noted as one of the first musicians to bring more prevalent themes
of social awareness into soul music. In 1965, he wrote "People
Get Ready" for the Impressions, which displayed his more
politically charged songwriting. Ranked at no. 24 on Rolling
Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the song
received numerous other awards, and was included in The Rock And
Roll Hall Of Fame 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, as well as
being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.
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Today, December 26, 2025December 26, 2012: #DOTD: #RIP: Fontella
Bass (pronounced "BAHS"), African American R & B and
soul singer and songwriter best known for her number-one R & B
hit "Rescue Me" in 1965 (b. July 3, 1940) #dies at a St.
Louis, Missouri hospital from complications of a heart attack
suffered earlier in the month, aged 72. Her remains were cremated,
and the ashes given to her children. Fontella Bass was born
Fontella Marie Bass in St. Louis, Missouri. Bass co-wrote "Rescue
Me" which shot up the charts in the fall and winter of 1965.
After a month-long run at the top of the R & B charts, the
song reached #4 on the US pop charts and #11 in the UK, gaving
Chess its first million-selling single since Chuck Berry a decade
earlier. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold
disc. Although the credited co-writers Carl Smith and Raynard
Miner, and record producer Billy Davis, had assured her that her
contribution to co-writing the lyrics of "Rescue Me"
would be acknowledged, this was never done. She said "I had
the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10
years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came
time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how
little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk."
Bass demanded a better royalty rate and artistic control; she
approached her then manager Billy Davis about securing her writing
credit on the song, but he told her not to worry about it. When
the record came out and her name was still not on it she was told
it would be on the legal documents, but this never happened. She
continued to agitate about the matter for a couple of years but
later recalled: "It actually side-stepped me in the business
because I got a reputation of being a trouble maker." Tiring
of the mainstream music scene, she and husband Lester Bowie left
America and moved to Paris in 1969. There she recorded two albums
with the Art Ensemble of Chicago - Art Ensemble of Chicago with
Fontella Bass and Les Stances a Sophie (both 1970). The latter was
the soundtrack from the French movie of the same title. Bass's
vocals, backed by the powerful, pulsating push of the band, have
allowed the "Theme De YoYo" to remain an underground
cult classic ever since. She also appeared on Bowie's The Great
Pretender (1981) and All the Magic (1982). Even with the success
of "Rescue Me" it was many years and much litigation
before Bass would be credited with her share of the songwriting
and the royalties.
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